Friday, May 24, 2024
Atlas
It’s shades of Skynet when “Terminator” meets “Pacific Rim”. A rogue AI robot called Harlan (Simu Liu) uses his reprogramming abilities in a misguided attempt to destroy most of humanity & rebuild a better world. Atlas Shepherd (Jennifer Lopez) is a brilliant analyst who has a distrust of artificial intelligence. She joins the mission to capture this renegade robot & prevent possible world destruction. This sci-fi action thriller becomes kind of a buddy cop story when Atlas must sync with her AI mech suit, Smith. Expect lots of CGI special effects & explosive battle scenes. The fight between Atlas & Harlan becomes a chess game, each trying to predict each other’s moves. Sterling K. Brown & Mark Strong co-star.
Alien gives it 3 “trust me” stars out of 4.
